Hat-guard.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903. A. K. WILSON & W. M. SHAVER.

No. 721,848. I

HAT GUARD.

APPLICATION rum) snn. 11, 1902.

am MODEL.

Wi'hyzsses. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT KENDIG WILSON AND WILLIAM MITCHELL SHAVER, OF TOPEKA,

KANSAS.

HAT-G UARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,848, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed September 11, 1902. Serial No. 123,001. (No model.) 7

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT KENDIG WIL- SON and WILLIAM MITCHELL SHAVER, citizens of the United States, residing at Topeka,

in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hat- Guard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat-guards.

The object of the invention is in a ready, simple, thoroughly feasible, and practical manner to prevent mistakes arising from persons while in a. hurry appropriating hats or caps other than their own; furthermore, to

I 5 renderidentification of ahat certain and positive.

A furtherobject is to provide a hat-guard which when the hat or cap is worn will be out of the way and will not, therefore, be a source of inconvenience, but when brought to position to display the card or plate bearing the name of the owner will present such obstruction to the accidental appropriation of the hat or cap as will be positive in precluding z 5 mistakes.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination .of parts of a hat-guard, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion,

and exact manner of.assemblage without de parting from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in inverted perspective of a hat, exhibiting the hat-guard of this invention associated with the sweat-band and in the position it occupies when the hat is worn. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a portion of a hat, showing the position occupied by the device when the hat is not in use. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the hat-guard. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the card or tag carrier, taken from the same side to that shown in Fig. 1, but from the opposite side to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation, exhibiting the operative position of the guard in full 5 lines and its inoperative position in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the guard, 2 the card or tag carrier, and 3 a bail connected, respectively, with the body and with the card-carrier for pivotal movement with relation to the parts.

The body 1 is by preference made of a thin strip of resilient metal, preferably curved longitudinally, and for purposes of lightness and to securev longitudinal flexibility provided with a plurality of slots or openings 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The terminal portions of the upper edge of the body have associated with them combined clamps and bail- 7o supporters 4, which inthisinstance are shown as formed integral with the body; but it will be understood that, if preferred, they may be made as separate elements and associated therewith. Each clamp and bail-supporter is formed bya tongue of metalbent approximately parallel for a portion of its length with the body to present a sweat-band engager or clamp 5, and thence upon itself at 6 to present a resilient bearing for the terminal 7 of the bail. A novel feature of the present invention is the manner in which the terminals of the bail are associated with the resilient bearings of the body, whereby the card-carrier is locked either in its operative'or inoperative position. To efiect this result, the bearing for the bail-terminal, formed in the clamp member 5 and member 6, is rectangular, as shown at 8, and the terminals of the bails are similarly shaped. By this arrange- 9o ment it will be seen that when the bail is turned-say to the position shown in Fig. 3- it will he held there by the resilient bearing member 6 clamping the rectangular terminals within the walls of the bearings, the same being true when moved to the positionshown in Fig; 1, which is the inoperative position.- Another result obtained by the rectangular bearing formed in the members 5 and 6 is' that the projecting edge of the said bearing by impinging the clamps 5 very materially aids the clamps in tightly binding the body-plate to the sweat-band. The side members 9 of the bail adjacent to their front are provided with bends or loops 10, which when the device is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2 operate to hold the card-carrier away from the sweat-band, thus to reduce the diameter of the crown-opening to such an extent that should a person attempt to don the hat if he be not the owner the pressure of the bail and of the name-plate against his head will instantly inform him of his mistake. In addition to the bends 10 the front member 11 of the bail is provided with a centrally-disposed bend or point 12, which is adapted to press against the head and inflict slight pain without injury should a person attempt to force the hat upon his head when the name-plate is down.

The card'carrier 2 is by preference constructed of thin sheet metal and comprises a body portion 13, provided with an opening 14, preferably rectangular in shape, at one side, with acard-engaging flange 15, and at its other side with resilient bail-engaging devices 16, constituting hinges, these devices being provided with rectangular bearings 17, coaeting with similar bearings formed in the body portion and engaging squared bearings 18 on the front member 11 of the bail, the coaction between the hinges and the bearings being such that the card carrier may be moved to the desired adjustment and securely held there in the same manner as that described in connection with the bailterminals, the resilient bail-engaging devices 16 operating to clamp the bearings 18 in the recesses of the card-carrier. The projecting ends 19 of the resilient bail-engaging devices 16 also act as card-engaging flanges. The card-carrier has associated with it a card or plate 20, hearing the name of the owner of the hat, and by preference the said name will be printed on both sides of the card, so as to be clearly visible when the card-holder is out of operative position as well as when in operative position, to effect which the rectangular opening 1 L in the body of the carrier is provided. The card may be detachably associated with the carrier or be permanently attached thereto, as may be preferred. It will also be understood that, if preferred, said card-carrier may be made without any rectangular opening 14 or card-engaging flange 15, the name being engraved directly upon the metal plate, an inserted card 20 thus being omitted.

In positioning the hat-guard upon a hat or cap the body 1 is passed back of the sweatband, and the clamps 5 are sprung outward and slipped down over the band and will be securely clamped there. While the hat is in use, as before stated, the name-plate will be folded up against the inside of the crown, as shown in Fig. 1, and will thus be out of the way; but when the hat is removed the cardcarrier is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2, bringing the bends 10 into engagement with the sweat-band and the bend or point 12 outward, and thus in position to bear against the head of a person who attempts to don the hat without first pushing the card carrier back out of the way. I

By the novel form of hinge connection between the bail-terminals and the body and the card-carrier and the bail supplemental fastening devices of any character for holding the card-carrier in its adjusted positions is rendered entirely unnecessary.

The device of this invention is exceedingly simple of construction, may be readily manufactured, and will in a thoroughly feasible and practical manner perform the functions designed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with resilient bearings, an identification-card carrier or name-plate provided with similar bearings, and a bail having portions engaging the bearings of the two parts.

2. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with sweat-band-engaging means and with resilient bearings, an identificationcard carrier or name-plate provided with similar bearings, and a bail having portions engaging the bearings of the two parts.

3. A hat guard comprising a body portion provided with rectangular resilient bearings, an identification-card carrier or name-plate provided with similar bearings, and a bail having rectangular portions engaging the said bearings.

4. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with sweat-band-engaging devices carrying resilient rectangular bearings, an identification-card carrier or name-plate provided with similar bearings, and a bail having squared portions engaging said bearings.

5. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with sweat-band-engaging means and with resilient bearings, an identificationcard carrier or name-plate provided with similar bearings, and a bail having portions engaging the bearings of the two parts and being provided with means for projecting the carrier beyond the sweatband, and with means for preventing the hat from being seated upon the head of the wearer when the guard is in operative position.

(i. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with sweat-band-engaging means, an identification-card carrier or name-plate, and a bail associated for rocking movement with the said parts, the front and side members of the bail being provided with kinks or bends.

7. A hat-guard comprising a body portion provided with rectangular resilient bearings, an identification-card carrier or name-plate provided with simiiar bearings, and a bail our own we have hereto affixed our signatures having the terminals of its side members disin the presence of two witnesses.

posed at right angles to their length and ALBERT KENDI-G VILSON.

squared to engage the bearings of the body 5 portion, and its front member provided with WILLIAM MITCHELL SHAVER squared portions to engage the bearings in Witnesses: the said carrier. JOHN E. EVERETT,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as N. P. GARRETSON. 

